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SCOTUS lets @ejeancarroll.bsky.social’s verdict against Trump stand. He is formally out of excuses.

I saw someone refer to homeschooling as “trickle down stupidity.” Immediate addition to my lexicon.

Five-time draft dodger says what now?

What’s it going to take for people to realize we’ve got Biff Tanner in the White House?

Can’t stop won’t stop! 😤 #WorldBaseballClassic

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

Focus on 2026, NOT 2028. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/part-2-how...

"The thing you carry the babies around in."

He hasn’t read it.

This is what drunk on power looks like. It’s why we don’t have kings. (Also, he’ll lose in court if he follows through).

It really takes a lot for me to say this, but the Graham tweet is genuinely a pretty offensive thing to say.

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

The Trump admin has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new EO on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

What a tiny small man.

From Canada:

Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates. Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.

Doesn’t this person have a real job that requires actual thought?

We couldn't be more proud of our Captain! We took a moment before today's game to celebrate the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award winner, Salvador Perez!

Couldn't even begin to narrow it down #HandsOff2025 #HandsOff #HandsOffDC #WashingtonDC @maddow.msnbc.com

Trump is indifferent to the pain he’s causing.

The 8 worst days EVER for the Dow — all of them under Donald Trump −2,997.10 - March 16, 2020 −2,352.60 - March 12, 2020 −2,231.07 - TODAY −2,013.76 - March 9, 2020 −1,861.82 - June 11, 2020 −1,679.39 - YESTERDAY −1,464.94 - March 11, 2020 −1,338.46 - March 18, 2020

US recessions since 1950: 1953 - Eisenhower 🔴 1958 - Eisenhower 🔴 1960 - Eisenhower 🔴 1969-70 - Nixon 🔴 1973-75 - Nixon 🔴 1980 - Carter 🔵 1981-82 - Reagan 🔴 1990-91 - Bush Sr 🔴 2001 - Dubya 🔴 2007-09 - Dubya 🔴 2020 - Trump 🔴 2025-?? - Trump 🔴

The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country. The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US. He had a golf tournament to get to.

Bombshell in North Carolina: the state's GOP-dominated Court of Appeals just sided with the GOP candidate in last year's supreme court race. Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.

Incredibly proud of @booker.senate.gov for standing up and speaking out—in historic fashion—against the chaos, cruelty, and lawlessness emanating from the White House and the Trump Administration. Thank you for your leadership and making a little #GoodTrouble!

But because of the flagrant misconduct and abuse of power of the Attorney General of the United States. This is how a country loses its rule of law.

President Trump and Elon Musk’s reckless cuts to essential nutrition programs have led to local organizations like Harvesters having truckloads of food cancelled, preventing Missouri families from keeping food on the table. This chaos must end. www.kcur.org/news/2025-03...

"5. Remember professional ethics.

The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment. Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.

The sort of Confederate history we need.

"A rapper, Michael Williams, who joined Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder... "More than 30 purported members of the 8 Trey Crips have so far been indicted; among them Tegan Chambers, who also appeared on stage with Trump..." apnews.com/article/trum...

The hardware for their hard work. Congratulations to our 2024 award winners!

Senator Tammy Duckworth: "Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could've gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately."

I had legit completely forgotten this.

Democrats should be acting more like Canadians.